Green Daily

Thanks to a petition containing upwards of 20,000 signatures, Anheuser-Busch's organic beer will actually be well... organic. Owing to USDA regulations that allow products with at least 95% organic ingredients to be labeled "USDA Organic," A-B's new "Wild Hops Lager" was going to be made using conventional hops (treated with chemical pesticides and fertilizers). This would, of course, totally negate the name and identity of the product -- but I guess executives don't necessarily concern themselves with these trivial details.

Anheuser-Busch had originally lobbied the USDA to allow the conventional hops, whining that organic hops are not "commercially available." Nevertheless, after a bunch of negative press and petitions, it seems that the beer giant is going to pony up and give the people what they want.

Of course, it should never be necessary to thank a business for providing a service that they seek to profit from. But, if you feel so inclined: here's a link to a petition thanking them for their choice to go organic for real.